What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Operational Excellence position at Atlantic Health?
Job Description
Enterprise Operational Excellence Strategy
QUALIFICATIONS
At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:
We Have Received Awards And Recognition For The Services We Have Provided To Our Patients, Team Members And Communities. Below Are Just a Few Of Our Accolades
Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:
Team Member Benefits
Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.
EEO STATEMENT
Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran
About The Team
Atlantic Health System is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care powered by a workforce of more than 18,000 team members and 4,800 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, the system offers more than 400 sites of care, including eight award-winning medical centers. Specializing in cardiovascular care, cancer care, orthopedics, neuroscience, pediatrics, women's health and rehabilitation medicine. Atlantic Medical Group, comprised of 1,000 physicians and advanced practice providers, represents one of the largest multi-specialty practices in New Jersey and includes finance, legal, marketing, human resources, talent acquisition, ISS and more. Caring for our patients, our team members and the communities we serve is our central mission.
Enterprise Operational Excellence Strategy
- Develop and lead the multi-year operational excellence roadmap, ensuring strong alignment with the organization’s long-term strategy and annual goals.
- Identify and prioritize value streams and breakthrough initiatives that will deliver impact on quality, safety, access, patient experience, team member engagement and affordability.
- Develop and oversee the system’s strategy deployment process, ensuring that breakthrough goals and annual priorities are clearly defined, aligned and resourced.
- Establish catchall processes to engage leaders across the organization in aligning goals, identifying performance gaps and confirming ownership.
- Establish visual strategy deployment systems and lead regular performance reviews focused on countermeasures, learning and delivery of enterprise outcomes.
- Oversee the execution of high-impact improvement initiatives using methodologies such as value stream mapping, rapid improvement events, standard work and 3P design.
- Lead cross-functional teams to eliminate waste, improve flow, expand access, enhance reliability, and reduce total cost of care.
- Establish sustainment mechanisms that integrate into daily management – e.g. standard work audits – to ensure operational stability and maintain improvements over time.
- Implement and oversee a comprehensive lean management system, including tiered daily huddles, leader standard work, visual management, standard work audits and A3 problem solving.
- Coach leaders at all levels in using daily management to sustain operations, surface problems early and drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure consistency, rigor and spread of daily management across all hospitals, ambulatory sites and shared services.
- Develop leaders and staff at all levels in lean thinking, A3 problem solving, daily management and accountability-based leadership practices.
- Model a leadership style focused on respect for people, humility, transparency, and performance discipline.
- Promote psychological safety and continuous learning through frequent Gemba presence, humble inquiry and support for structured experimentation.
- Partner with Quality, Finance, HR, Patient Experience, operations and service lines to define aligned system and site-level KPIs tied to breakthrough goals and daily management.
- Monitor progress on systemwide improvement goals and communicate actionable insights on performance, trends, risks and countermeasures to executive leadership.
- Deliver measurable, high-impact improvements in quality, safety, access, patient experience, team member engagement and cost of care.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree
- Demonstrated expertise in lean tools, lean management systems and strategy deployment.
- 10 years leading complex operations improvement initiatives in multi-site health care operations.
- Demonstrated track record of achieving breakthrough performance results through implementation of large-scale projects and value-added change.
- Proven success leading enterprise-level change across multi-hospital or multi-site organizations.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, coaching and relationship-building skills with executives, physicians, and operational teams.
- Master’s degree
- PMP certification
- Strategic systems thinker with enterprise perspective
- Courage to challenge the status quo and lead large-scale change
- Operates with humility, curiosity and respect for people
- Executive presence with the ability to influence without authority
- Skill in coaching and developing others
- Highly data-driven, disciplined and results-oriented
- Must be able to achieve consistently high results through team effort
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening and presentation skills
At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:
- Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
- Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
- Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
- Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
- Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
- Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
- Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
- Atlantic Medical Group
- Atlantic Visiting Nurse
- Atlantic Mobile Health
- Atlantic Rehabilitation
We Have Received Awards And Recognition For The Services We Have Provided To Our Patients, Team Members And Communities. Below Are Just a Few Of Our Accolades
- Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For."
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
- Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
- Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026.
- Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
- Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
- Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.
Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:
Team Member Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
- Life & AD&D Insurance.
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
- PTO & Paid Sick Leave
- Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
- Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
- Backup and On-Site Childcare
- Well-Being Rewards
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
- Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
- Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance
Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.
EEO STATEMENT
Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran
About The Team
Atlantic Health System is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care powered by a workforce of more than 18,000 team members and 4,800 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, the system offers more than 400 sites of care, including eight award-winning medical centers. Specializing in cardiovascular care, cancer care, orthopedics, neuroscience, pediatrics, women's health and rehabilitation medicine. Atlantic Medical Group, comprised of 1,000 physicians and advanced practice providers, represents one of the largest multi-specialty practices in New Jersey and includes finance, legal, marketing, human resources, talent acquisition, ISS and more. Caring for our patients, our team members and the communities we serve is our central mission.
Salary : $159 - $298